The Dreamrift

This is the first‑season raid for the Midnight expansion. It becomes available to players on:

• March 18, 2026 (LFR, Normal, Heroic modes);

• March 25, 2026 (Mythic mode).

In this raid, players will face a single boss and their minions.

The raid entrance is located in Harandar. You can reach this zone by following the main campaign questline.

The raid features only one boss, but the encounter is split into two phases — one of which involves battling an army of summoned mobs.

Below, we detail each of the boss’s abilities.

We describe abilities from the Mythic version of the raid. If an ability is absent or differs in other difficulties, we will note that.

Boss Abilities: Phase 1

In this phase, players must fight both the boss and summoned minions. The boss summons several mobs, but they appear in another realm. To enter that realm, players must step into a special zone during the Alndust Upheaval ability. This ability deals heavy damage (which must be shared) and transports players to the Aln Realm for 40 seconds, applying the Alnsight blessing.

While in the Aln Realm, players see several mobs shielded by Aln Shroud. The task of players who transitioned there is to break the shield on all mobs. Once the shield is broken, the mobs transfer to the main world, where other players can see and damage them. These mobs deal damage to players and apply a fear effect — it’s crucial to interrupt their spellcasting.

Players who enter the Aln Realm receive a special mark, Rift Vulnerability, which increases damage taken from the next Aln Dust Shaker by 6×. Therefore, it’s important to divide into groups that rotate entering the other realm. Each group must include: a tank (targeted by Alndust Upheaval), a healer, and several DPS. Typically, groups consist of 10 players and alternate realm transitions.

• Cannibalized Essence

When mobs enter the main world, they move toward the boss. If the boss absorbs a mob, all players take massive damage. The boss also restores 500% of the mob’s remaining health and gains a 100% damage bonus. These effects stack per absorbed mob.

• Dissonance (Mythic difficulty only)

All players are afflicted by a debuff that deals heavy damage to allies in the other realm within 8 meters of the target.

Position the boss so that main‑world players don’t damage those in the other world.

• Aln Dust Essence (Heroic difficulty and higher)
  After mobs are killed in the other realm, special zones form at their death locations. These zones continuously expand and deal heavy damage.

• Consuming Miasma (Heroic difficulty and higher)
  Several players are afflicted with an effect that deals nature damage every 1.5 seconds. 10‑meter circles appear around them. This effect can be dispelled.

Players with this effect must enter Alndust Essence zones. When an ally healer removes the effect, the ground zone also disappears, clearing the platform.

• Caustic Phlegm
  Chimaerus applies a curse to several players, dealing damage every second for 12 seconds.

• Rending Tear
  The boss turns toward a random target and deals cone‑shaped damage. Players who fail to exit the impact zone take massive damage and a bleed effect (dealing damage every 1.5 seconds for 6 seconds).

• Insatiable
  Chimaerus absorbs all mobs in the main world. All players take massive damage, the boss restores 500% of each mob’s remaining health, and gains a 100% damage bonus (effects stack per mob).

• Rift Madness (Mythic difficulty only)
  Several players in the Aln Realm receive a negative effect that deals damage to all players within 6 meters every second and applies a 3‑second fear. After each fear, the damage doubles.

Main‑world players can stand next to an afflicted player and swap places, removing the curse.

Boss Abilities: Phase 2

In Phase 2, Himerius flies above the arena and gains the Rift Cover shield, reducing all incoming damage by 99%. The boss flies over the arena several times, leaving damaging zones, applying debuffs, and summoning mobs from Phase 1 (which must be killed).

• Caustic Phlegm

Chimaerus applies a curse to several players, dealing damage every second for 12 seconds.

• Consuming Miasma (Heroic difficulty and higher)
  Several players are afflicted with an effect that deals nature damage every 1.5 seconds. 10‑meter circles appear around them. This effect can be dispelled.

Players must enter Alndust Essence zones. When a healer removes the effect, the ground zone disappears, clearing the platform.

• Ravenous Dive (Heroic difficulty and higher)
  Chimaerus lands on the platform, dealing damage to all players, knocking them into the air, and absorbing all remaining mobs. Absorbing a mob deals massive damage to all players, restores the boss 500% of the mob’s health, and grants a 100% damage bonus (effects stack).

• Corruption Devastation (Mythic difficulty only)
  The boss flies along the entire platform, dealing massive damage to targets in its path, stunning them for 1 second, and leaving corruption trails. After the flight, corruption transforms into mobs.

Player tasks in Phase 2:

• Avoid the Corruption Devastation zone;
• Kill all spawned mobs as quickly as possible;
• Clear the platform using *Consuming Miasma.

After the boss uses three abilities, it lands, and the fight resumes with Phase 1 until the boss is defeated.